I personally have tried them a few years ago. I made a few ones (yellow, white, different tapers...) and even tried the weighted ones (harder to make since you are also dealing with copper wire). As a result, I didn't and still don't like them. I think they are perfect if you want to spook a trout in shallow water. They don't float very well, you have to grease them more heavily then regular leaders. I just wouldn't recommend them. However, they are so easy and cheap to make that you should try them. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/freaner/furling/furled.htm
Vincent -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Lufkin Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Furled leaders? Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to entice selective trout is to reduce fly size, lengthen the leader and reduce tippet diameter. However, in reading Darrel Martin's wonderful book 'Micropatterns', the Tacoma author refutes that strategy in his section titled 'The Long Leader Heresy' and goes on to promote furled leaders as a preferable alternative for a variety of compelling reasons too numerous to list here. I remembered a discussion several years ago about furled leaders and retrieved the thread below from the archives. (Notice that Spencer's original post inquired about 'braided' leaders while the two replies only mentioned 'furled' leaders.) The thread doesn't answer some of the lingering questions I have after reading Martin's section on furled leader design and construction. Moreover, I'm not sure if the participants in the thread are still subscribers (Dell Coppock, Ray Wallace and Spencer Harker). If any of you have experience with furled leaders, could you perhaps suggest resources for making or buying them? Can you explain the difference between furled leaders and the 'braided' leaders sold by Orvis and others? What leader and tippet length combinations have you found work best for various situations such as small streams, stillwaters, dry flies or nymphing? Thanks in advance, Kent Lufkin >From: Ray Wallace >* Subject: Re: Leaders >* Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:31:37 -0700 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >How do you rig your leader for deep chironomid fishing? I've been using the >furled leaders with a longer and finer tippet. > >Ray > > > I agree with you Ray, the only time that I don't use them is when I'm > > fishing deep chironomids. > > Dell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:20 PM > > Subject: Re: Leaders > > > > > > > > > > I started making my own furled leaders last year and now they >are the only > > > leaders that I use. They turn over even the largest bass bugs. > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > I was hoping some of you seasoned vets could tell if there is >difference > > > > between using braided leaders or the plain mono leaders? They >seem to be a > > > > little more expensive, but are supposed to fish better. I was >wondering if > > > > this is true in any of your experiences. Also do any of you >know how to tie > > > > the tippits for these leaders. > > > > > > > > Thanks,, > > > > Spencer
